Shipwreck : A History of Disasters at Sea

Name: Shipwreck
Brand: Quercus Publishing
SKU: 9781848664333
Price: 2350 KES
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ISBN: 9781848664333

by Sam Willis

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 1848664338

ISBN-13 9781848664333

Publisher Quercus Publishing

Imprint Quercus Publishing

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 5th, 2013

Print length 320 Pages

Weight 294 grams

Dimensions 19.70 x 13.20 x 2.20 cms

Product Classification: Maritime history Maritime history Ships & boats: general interest Ships and boats: general interest

KSh 2,350.00

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The drama and tragedy behind history's most infamous shipwrecks.

Shipwrecks have captured our imagination for centuries. Here acclaimed historian Sam Willis traces the astonishing tales of ships that have met with disastrous ends, along with the ensuing acts of courage, moments of sacrifice and episodes of villainy that inevitably occurred in the extreme conditions. Many were freak accidents, and their circumstances so extraordinary that they inspired literature: the ramming of the Essex by a sperm whale was immortalized in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Some symbolize colossal human tragedy: including the legendary Titanic whose maiden voyage famously went from pleasure cruise to epic catastrophe. From the Kyrenia ship of 300 BC to the Mary Rose, through to the Kursk submarine tragedy of 2000, this is a thrilling work of narrative history from one of our most talented young historians.

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